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Erik Stanger (he/him)

A Public Option to report #FakeNews on

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A good idea!
30.1%
The best idea ever!!
36.1%
Meh. Edit would be better
33.7%

83 votesFinal results

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The poll is a bit vague. "Report" in what sense?

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Erik Stanger (he/him)

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Report Tweet option lets users notify Twitter about accounts that violate Twitter's Terms of Service (TOS) agreement.

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So your proposal would be to add a "Fake news" category to the reporting mechanism? What about satirical tweets (like the recent "gorilla channel")? (I'm not trying to be argumentative - just trying to understand the goal.)

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Erik Stanger (he/him)

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The Fake News Report option would be for fake news passed off as real news.

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Erik Stanger (he/him)

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The Gorilla Channel wouldn't count as it's "planted" fake news being reported on and parodied.

12:26 AM · Jan 6, 2018

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Okay. Not entirely sure it'd be successful, since, you know, Twitter, but I suppose it'd be worth a try. (I voted "1")